Principal Software Engineer

Walmart

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Work type: On-site
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Salary: $143,000–$286,000 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 26 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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This role pays more than 89% of similar roles. Most pay $165,000–$214,500 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $214k versus about $190k for comparable roles.

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About Walmart

Walmart Inc. is the world''s largest retailer by revenue, operating a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores, as well as a growing e-commerce presence through Walmart.com. Industry: General Merchandise & Grocery Retail

Walmart currently has 719 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $117,000–$234,000 across 592 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer

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The (USA) Principal, Software Engineer joins the Reliability Engineering Platform team to lead the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities. This role involves driving the full software development lifecycle, including coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance of cloud-native architectures and AI/ML frameworks. You will architect distributed systems optimized for real-time data processing while providing technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams. Key responsibilities include translating business needs into technical requirements, maintaining architectural decision records, and ensuring high availability across multi-region Kubernetes clusters. Required expertise includes platform engineering, distributed system design, and continuous integration/deployment practices. You will solve complex problems regarding observability, resiliency automation, and systemic risk reduction to enhance operational reliability across the enterprise technology infrastructure.

What does a Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $214500 from 1206 postings across 79 companies.

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Skills

Cloud-native Architecture Distributed Systems AI/ML Kubernetes Platform Engineering Observability Microservices Software Development Lifecycle Model-driven Design Incident Response WCAG) 2.2 AA

What you'll do

Lead platform engineering efforts to deliver scalable, cloud-native infrastructure and reusable tooling.
Drive full software development lifecycle activities including design, coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
Architect and implement distributed systems optimized for real-time data processing and AI/ML integration.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams to promote best practices and architectural consistency.
Translate business needs into actionable technical requirements and measurable success metrics with stakeholders.
Maintain architectural decision records to ensure transparency and alignment across the organization.
Foster continuous improvement through innovation, knowledge sharing, and the adoption of emerging technologies.

What we're looking for

Obtain a Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area and 5 years of software engineering experience.
Alternatively, possess 7 years of experience in software engineering or a related area.
Master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, computer information systems, software engineering, or a related area and 3 years of experience (preferred).
Extensive experience in platform engineering leadership, delivering scalable and reusable infrastructure solutions.
Proficiency in cloud-native architecture and distributed system design ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.
Strong technical expertise in AI/ML integration, software development lifecycle, and continuous integration/deployment practices.
Demonstrated ability to lead technical execution, including coding, testing, monitoring, and incident response.
Knowledge of implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards and assistive technologies (preferred).

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